PSYLOCKE
Earth-92131
Real Name: Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-92131) human mutant
Occupation: Adventurer, former thief
Group Membership: X-Force (Archangel/Warren Worthington III, Cable/Nathan Summers, Jubilee/Jubilation Lee, Sunspot/Roberto Da Costa)
Affiliations: Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier), Bishop of Earth-31393 (Lucas Bishop), Cipher (Alisa Tager), Gamesmaster, Gargoyle (Yuri Topolov), "Jean Grey" (Madelyne Pryor), Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh), Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde), Mesmero (Vincent), Moondragon (Heather Douglas), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Oracle (Sybil), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Puck (Eugene Judd), Revanche (Kwannon), Shadow King (Amahl Farouk), Shard of Earth-121893 (Shard Bishop), Stryfe of Earth-13393, Rachel Summers of Earth-13393, Typhoid Mary (Mary Walker), White Queen (Emma Frost), X-Men (Wolverine/Logan)
Enemies: Alliance of Evil (Stinger/Wendy Sherman, Timeshadow, Tower/Edward Pasternak), Apocalypse of Earth-13393 (En Sabah Nur), Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti), Clan Akkaba, Horsemen of the Apocalypse CA 1200 BC, Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr), Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Prime Sentinels, Sabretooth (Victor Creed);
presumably Mojo (see comments)
Known Relatives: Brian Braddock (Captain Britain, brother)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile throughout the United States of America;
formerly London, England
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (November 20, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Psylocke is a mutant telepath capable of reading minds, projecting her thoughts, and disrupting the mental processes of others. She can focus her psionic power into a psychic knife, a concentrated blade of mental energy that can stun or incapacitate targets on contact. Highly trained in martial arts, Psylocke combines her telepathic abilities with exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills.
Height: 5'11" (presumably same as her 616 counterpart)
Weight: 155 lbs. (presumably same as her 616 counterpart)
Eyes: Purple
Hair: Purple
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man") - When Jean Grey used Cerebro to search for the missing Charles Xavier, she telepathically reached several mutants, among them Psylocke, Cannonball, Domino, Nightcrawler, Archangel, the Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Mojovision") - Psylocke was one of several characters who appeared in a teaser for Longshot's solo TV show (see comments).
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" (fb) - BTS) - Psylocke chose to use her mutant gifts to become a thief, stealing from the rich to raise money for her brother, Captain Britain, to aid him in his fight for mutantkind. As such, she was a thief with a cause. Psylocke researched the winged mutant known as Archangel, learning he had financed the scientist Gottfried Adler to create a mutant cure and had wasted years hunting Apocalypse. Believing he was using his wealth to deny his mutant heritage, she chose him as her next target.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" - BTS) - Apocalypse of the ravaged future of Earth-13393 had obtained access to the Axis of Time and prepared to kidnap the world's most powerful psychics of Earth-92131 and use their simultaneous death to unleash sufficient psychic energy to stop time and break the elemental balance between good and evil. As all of existence would end except for the actuality inside the Axis of Time, Apocalypse could recreate the universe in his own image.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II) - Psylocke was seen climbing a seaside cliff near Castle Worthington in England, garbed in ninja attire to conceal her identity while preparing to burglarize the estate. However, her presence did not go unnoticed when one of the guard dogs detected and attacked her. Psylocke quickly used her psychic knife to put the animal to sleep, unaware that the castle's owner, Warren Worthington III, the metal-winged Archangel, was observing her from above.
Swooping down to check on his dog, Archangel noticed Psylocke scaling the castle walls and entering through an open window. Surveying the immense wealth inside, Psylocke quipped that she should have brought a shopping cart and even identified a discus from the first Olympic Games. However, just as she examined the artifact, Archangel revealed himself. Acting on instinct, Psylocke jump-kicked the winged mutant, after which he unsheathed his metal wings, seized her, and burst through the castle wall into the air.
Archangel remarked that she was no common thief, but Psylocke refused to explain her motives and instead struck him in the face, forcing him to release her. Upon reaching the ground, Psylocke discarded her torn ninja garments, revealing her purple costume, and fled toward the cliffs, where Archangel cornered her. Exploiting his heroic instincts, Psylocke deliberately threw herself off the cliff. When Archangel rescued her mid-fall, she caught him off guard and plunged her psychic knife into his back, rendering him unconscious.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" - BTS) - With Archangel unconscious, Psylocke resumed her burglary and loaded Worthington's valuables into one of his cars. Psylocke was unaware that psychics around the world were being abducted and that the X-Men, assisted by the time-travelers Bishop and Shard, were monitoring known psychics for their protection. Wolverine and Shard had therefore been stationed in London to locate and potentially safeguard Psylocke.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II) - Just as Psylocke finished loading the stolen goods and drove off, Archangel regained consciousness and followed her. Psylocke returned to a warehouse at the London docks where she stored her stolen treasures. Wolverine and Shard also noticed her arrival and moved in to investigate, unaware Archangel was trailing her.
As Psylocke unloaded the valuables, Archangel confronted her, offering a fellow mutant the chance to explain herself. Psylocke accused him of using his wealth to deny his mutant heritage, citing his funding of Gottfried Adler's mutant cure and his obsession with hunting Apocalypse. She insisted he should be using his power and fortune for more noble purposes, ironic words coming from a thief. Psylocke then revealed she stole in order to fund her brother's fight on behalf of mutantkind: she was, in her own words, a thief with a cause.
Archangel and Psylocke soon clashed amid the warehouse's treasures. However, the battle was interrupted when Mystique and the feral Sabretooth broke into the warehouse on Apocalypse's orders to capture Psylocke. While Archangel engaged Mystique, Psylocke used her agility to hold off Sabretooth. The tide briefly turned when Wolverine and Shard joined the fight, but all were outmatched when Magneto arrived and seized Psylocke with his magnetic powers. A portal to the Axis of Time then opened, leaving the others behind.
Within the Axis of Time, Psylocke was imprisoned alongside Mesmero, Karma, Oracle, and Jean Grey (secretly her clone Madelyne Pryor). She overheard Apocalypse promise to resurrect Magneto's deceased wife, after which Mister Sinister arrived with another captive psychic, the Gamesmaster.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - Beyond Good and Evil, Part IV") - Ready to put his plan in motion, Apocalypse activated the process which caused the psychics, still stuck in the canisters, to circle the Axis of Time. Apocalypse, however, was unaware that time-traveler Bishop was already near the Axis, guided by Immortus, posing as "Bender" the crazy caretaker of the timelines.
Unbeknownst to the psychics, Magneto and Mystique turned on Apocalypse upon learning his true plan and freed the X-Man Wolverine who'd also been imprisoned inside the Axis. Shortly thereafter, Cable arrived as well just as the psychics' combined power began to affect the timelines. In the end it was Bishop who decided to get involved and shot one of the canisters, freeing Psylocke, who immediately urged the time-lost Bishop to continue shooting at the remaining canisters. When several other psychics were released, Apocalypse knew he was in danger of failing. He sent his Horsemen to kill Bishop and Psylocke, but they failed. When they returned to the Axis of Time, the strain of the events caused the structure to collapse. Apocalypse and his Horsemen fought Magneto, Wolverine and Cable until the freed psychics s joined their powers to stop Apocalypse. With their combined powers, the psychics removed Apocalypse and all others from the Axis of Time. Since his Lazarus chamber had been destroyed in the past, Apocalypse simply ceased to exist in the present. Psylocke and the freed psychics presumably returned to their proper homes.
(X-Men '97 I#2) - Trish Tilby of FC News reported on a sighting of the psychic ninja known as Psylocke, attaining footage of Braddock using her psychic knife.
(X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Mutant Liberation Begins" - BTS) - When the Friends of Humanity and the X-Cutioner attacked the United Nations during the trial of Magneto, X-Man Morph used their shape shifting abilities to take on the forms of Psylocke, Lady Deathstrike and Colossus to attack the X-Cutioner.
(X-Men '97: the Animated Series cartoon - "Tolerance is Extinction - Part III") - Psylocke appeared in Genosha, presumably to help with the large-scale rescue operation after Bastion's monstrous Mastermold had committed mass genocide. She was seen standing alongside Cipher and several members of Alpha Flight when Bastion's large army of Prime Sentinels descended upon Genosha and other parts of the planet after Earth's magnetic field was restored. Although unseen, Psylocke and the others supposedly battled the Prime Sentinels until Bastian's assault was halted when he and the downfall of Magneto's Asteroid M was stopped by the X-Men after which they disappeared from the planet.
(X-Men '97 II#1 - BTS) - Believing that Apocalypse would one day return, Cable selected Psylocke and Archangel, both former victims of Apocalypse, to join his new X-Force.
(X-Men '97 II#1 (fb) - BTS) - Psylocke and X-Force investigated the Apocalypse-worshipping Clan Akkaba in hopes of learning more about Apocalypse's planned return. Since captured cultists would rather die before revealing anything about their "High Lord," X-Force decided to use one clansman as bait to lure out the Alliance of Evil, whom they believed to be Apocalypse's low-rent lackeys.
(X-Men '97 II#1) - Their plan successful, X-Force lured the Alliance of Evil to an abandoned bar and engaged them in battle. While Cable and Archangel attacked Tower, Psylocke struck Timeshadow from behind. Afterward, the team cornered the Alliance's final member, Stinger. Psylocke remained silent as Cable interrogated the captive, who mistook them for the X-Men, prompting Cable to remark that they were nothing like the X-Men.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe;
adapted by Robert Skir, Marty Isenber and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
Psylocke's second cameo was in the episode "Mojoverse" where she was one of several characters who appeared in a leader for Longshot's tv show, others were the Brood and the Super-Adaptoid. It's been unrevealed if Psylocke herself traveled to the Mojoverse to film the sequence or if existing footage was used as Psylocke wasn't seen interacting with the show's star, Longshot.
The psychics captured by Apocalypse were: Gamesmaster, Gargoyle, "Jean Grey"/Madelyne Pryor, Karma, Mastermind, Mesmero, Moondragon, Oracle, Professor X, Psylocke, Revanche, Shadow King, Stryfe, Rachel Summers, Typhoid Mary, the White Queen and two unidentified characters who appear be a Guardian of the Universe from DC's Green Lantern and the midget Gwildor from He-Man. Because they are unidentified they are not listed under Psylocke's affiliations but will receive sub-profiles in the future profile of Apocalypse of Earth-13393. We've listed Magneto, Mister Sinister, Mystique, Sabretooth under her enemies as they were Apocalypse's loyal servant charged with kidnapping the psychics, Psylocke would've considered them her enemies.
"Beyond Good and Evil" was intended to be the series finale and was originally going to end with the X-Men disbanding after the final conflict with Apocalypse. And Psylocke and Bishop would supposedly brought unto the X-Men, however, the series was given a last minute reprise by Fox when they ordered six more episodes to close out the season. To save money, Saban produced the final episodes of the series in-house rather than calling on Graz Entertainment which had done all of the series. Instead, Saban hired a studio in the Philippines (simply called the Philippine Animation Studio, which also worked on the second season of the 1994 Fantastic Four series) which explains why these episodes had a different animation style.
In Eric and Julia Lewald's wonderful book X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series it was revealed that during the final season, the new design team, led by series veterans Frank Squillace and Mark Lewis, came up with a fun idea amid all the cutbacks: a fresh look for the entire cast. Longer, leaner, even more anime-influenced, these character models were proposed at exactly the wrong time. When budgets were being slashed, the last thing the production supervisors needed was the added expense of redesigning the characters (that in facts had just been severely "simplified" to save money). The "no" was quick and firm. Next to the X-Men, these characters models included the likes of Psylocke, Archangel, Havok, Mesmero, Sunfire and even Arcade who'd not even appeared on the original show.
When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. However, this has since been debunked. As such the reality seen in the two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015 and 2016-2017) now have their own reality-designation of Earth-15730. The X-Men '92: House of XCII (2022) series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. The limited series X-Men '97 (2024), however, is Reality-92131 and bridges the gap between the original X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon and the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Psylocke has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p122 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men '97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series book, p81 (main image, model sheet by Amelia Vidal)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Mojovision" (full body)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" (held by Archangel)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" (captured by Magneto)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part IV" (freed by Bishop)
X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p259 (unused model sheet)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (November 20, 1993) - Lein Wein (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Frank Squillace, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tom Soman, Wayne Schultz, Charles Payne (layout design), Patricia Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Dennis Venizelos (color background), Armando Carillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michael Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboard directors), Alan Gibson, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Mesina, Cesar Magsombal, Steve Simone, Abel Laxamana (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Eric Lewald (story editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Mojovision" (August 21, 1994) - Brooks Wachtel (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Frank Squillace, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schultz, Charles Payne (layout design), Patricia Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Dennis Venizelos (color background), Armando Carrillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michale Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboard directors), Abel Laxamana, Alan Gibson, Cesar Magsombol, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Messina, Steve Simone (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Eric Lewald (story editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part II" (November 11, 1995) - Michael Edens (writer), Frank Brunner (character design), Mark Lewis (character design, prop design, storyboard cleanup), Darrel Bowen, Warren Greenwood, Andre Nieves, Steve Olds, Shayne Poindexter (prop design), Claude Denis (prop design, layout design), Marcos Borregales (prop design, storyboard cleanup), Cesar Magsombol, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Terry Henson (layout design, storyboards, storyboard cleanup), Frank Squillance (layout design, storyboards), Patricio Agnasin (layout design, storyboard cleanup), Helga Vanden Berge (ink & paint), Jerry Acerno, Troy D. Adomitis, Patrick Archibald, Dell Barras, Francisco Barrios, Armando Carrillo, Romeo Francisco, Greg Garcia, Rick Hoberg, Tom Nesbitt, David Simons, Keith Tucker, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Michael Sosnowski (storyboards, storyboard cleanup), Gerald Forton, Ernie G. Guanlao, Abel Laxamana, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac (storyboard cleanup), Akom Production Company (animation studio), Larry Houston (director, producer), J.K. Kim, Sue Peters (animation directors), Eric Lewald (developer for television, story editor), Sharon Janis (editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Beyond Good and Evil, Part IV" (November 25, 1995) - Dean Stefan (writer), Frank Brunner (character design), Mark Lewis (character design, prop design, storyboard cleanup), Darrel Brown, Warren Greenwood, Andre Nieves, Steve Olds, Shayne Poindexter (prop design), Marcos Borregals (prop design, storyboard cleanup), Claude Denis, (prop design, layout design), Cesar Magsombol, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Tenny Henson (layout design, storyboards, storyboard cleanup), Frank Squillance (layout design, storyboards), Patricio Agnasin (layout design, storyboard cleanup), Helga Vanden Berge (ink & paint), Jerry Acerno, Troy D. Adomitis, Patrick Archibald, Dell Barras, Francisco Barrios, Armando Carrillo, Romeo Francisco, Greg Garcia, Rick Hoberg, Tom Nesbitt, David Simons, Keith Tucker, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Michael Sosnowski (storyboards, storyboard cleanup), Gerald Forton, Ernie G. Guanlao, Abel Laxamana, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac (storyboard cleanup), Akom Production Company (animation studio), J.K. Kim, Sue Peters (animation directors), Eric Lewald (developer for television, story editor), Sharon Janis (editor)
X-Men '97 I#2 (April, 2024) - Steve Fox (writer), Salvador Espin (pencils, inks), Jordan D. White (editor)
X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Mutant Liberation Begins" (March 20, 2024) - Beau DeMayo (writer), Chase Conley (director), Roger Oda (art director), David Maximo (assistant director), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Aisling Harbert-Philllips (lead compositer), Jarret Ballard, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), John Berry, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei, Adri Torres (prop designers), Jay Baker, Marvin Britt, Ibraheem Jara, Kelly Kao, Cassey Kuo, James Yang (storyboard artists), Jerry Gaylord, Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionists), Marvel Studios (animation), Beau DeMayo, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer), Dana Vasquez-Eberhard (co-executive producer)
X-Men '97: the Animated Series cartoon - "Tolerance is Extinction - Part III" (May 15, 2024) - Beau DeMayo, Anthony Sellitti (writers), Chase Conley (director), Roger Oda (art director), David Maximo (assistant director), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Jarret Ballard, Christopher Graybill, Hilda Karadsheh, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin, Russell McCoy (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), John Berry, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, Chayadoll Lomtong, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei, Adri Torres (prop designers), David D. Au, Jay Baker, Marvin Britt, Justin Brown, Jalin Harden, Gillian Hei, Andrew Huerta, Ibraheem Jara, Kathy J. Liu, Marvin Madrid (storyboard artists), Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionist), Marvel Studios (animation), Beau DeMayo, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer), Dana Vasquez-Eberhard (co-executive producer)
X-Men '97 II#1 (June, 2026) - Steve Fox (writer), Salvador Espin (pencils, inks), Jordan D. White (editor)
First Posted: 07/01/2026
Last Updated: 07/01/2026
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